heraldry

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Noun

heraldry (countable and uncountable; plural heraldries)

1. (uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank

   Rouge Dragon Pursuivant is a specialist in heraldry at the College of Arms.

2. (countable) An armorial ensign along with its history and description
3. (uncountable) Pageantry

   Onlookers were impressed by the rich and colorful heraldry.

Related terms

• herald
• heraldic
• heraldric

Translations

the profession of devising and blazoning arms

Bulgarian: хералдика (bg) (heraldika) f. Catalan: heràldica (ca) f. Czech: heraldika (cs) f. Danish: heraldik (da) c. Dutch: wapenkunde (nl) f., heraldiek (nl) f. Esperanto: heraldiko (eo) Estonian: heraldika (et) Finnish: heraldiikka (fi), vaakunaoppi (fi) French: héraldique (fr) f. Galician: heráldica (gl) f. German: Heraldik (de) f. Icelandic: skjaldarmerkjafræði (is) f. Indonesian: heraldry (id) Italian: araldica (it) f. Japanese: 紋章学 (ja) (もんしょうがく, monshōgaku) Macedonian: хералдика (mk) (heráldika) f.

Occitan: heraudica (oc) f. Polish: heraldyka (pl) f. Portuguese: heráldica (pt) f. Romanian: heraldică (ro) f. Russian: геральдика (ru) (g'erál'dika) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хера̀лдика (sh) f. Roman: heràldika (sh) f. Sicilian: aràldica (scn) f. Slovak: heraldika (sk) f. Slovene: heráldika (sl) f. Spanish: blasón (es) m., heráldica (es) f. Swedish: heraldik (sv) c. Ukrainian: геральдика (uk) (herál’dika) f.